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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1909.

Patented June 7, 1910.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 25,

Patented June 2, 191d. 1909. Serial No. 485,615.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN VoEdELn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Faribault, in the county of Rice and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in plows and particularly to improvements in plows for use in soil infested with the weed known as quack grass; and an object of my invention is to provide a plow which will be adapted to shred the soil and to separate therefrom this noxious weed and other weeds.

Another object of my invention is to provide a plow of the class just described which will be simple in construction, comparatively cheap in manufacture and most eificient in use.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of my invention and the bestmode now known to me of applying that principle, F igure 1 is a plan of a sulky plow embodying my. invention; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the plow shown in plan in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail partly in sectionshowing the driving mech-' anism; Fig. 4 is a detail in section on the line AA of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a detail showing the shredding teeth of the soil-disintegrator; and Fig. 6 is a detail of the clutch.

The frame members a are supported by the land-wheel or guide-wheel b, the main wheel 0 and! the furrow-wheel or caster Wheel d. The guide-wheel b is mounted free to rotate on the lower end of the wheelpost e which is slidably mounted in the collar f at the right-hand front corner of theframe a (Fig. 1). The collar. f is formed with a lug g to which is pivotally attached the front end of the adjusting-lever h. The latter is connected by a link iwith the upper end of a bracket j the lower end of which is in the form of a collar is fastened tothe upper end of the wheel-post e. To one of the frame-bars a is fastened a stationary toothed sector m with which coacts the detent or latch-dog npivotally mounted on the end of the latch -rod 0 and controlled through the latter by the pivoted thumb- By releasing the latchdog n from the teeth of the toothed sector m, the lever h ismade free to be swung; and by swinging the leverh, the frame a may be tilted, as will be readily understood by those skilled in this art.

The main wheel 6 is free to rotate upon the stub-end g of the transverse bent rockshaft r. The latter is mounted free to turn in the hangers s which are bolted to the frame-members or frame-bars a (Fig. 3).

To one of frame-members a is pivotally attached or fulcrumed at t an operatinglever u,'the lower end of which is connected 'by a link v to one end of a rocker-arm w the ily understood by those skilled in this art.

Between a pair of the frame-bars a are mounted the cross-bars 2 which support the plow beam 3. The latter carries the plow 4. A suitable seat 5 is provided for the driver upon the rear end of the frame a.

The construction so far as described is common to sulky plows and is no part of my invention.

The hub 6 of the wheel 0 carries a spur-gear 7 which drives a pinion 8' fast upon the outer end of a shaft 9 the inner end 10 of which is journaled in the rock-shaft r (Fig. 3). The shaft 9 is further supported by b a hanger 11 which is bolted to one of the f i'ame-bars a. Upon the shaft -9 'is mounted a bevel-gear 12 which meshes withthe bevel-gear 13 on one end of a shaft ltcarried by the hanger 15. Upon the other .end of the shaft 14: is fast a stationary clutch-disk 18 into and out of engagement with which may be thrown the slidable clutch-disk 16 by means of the clutch-lever 17. Theslidable clutch disk 16 is keyed upon one end of the jointed shaft 19 the other endof which carries a bevelgear 20. 'l p -The box-like "housing or casing 21 of a soil disinte ator is connected by race-rods 22 to the p ow-beam 3 and is riveted to the plow {I as indicated at 23. In the casing or housing 21 are journaled. several shafts 24 upon the outer end of each of which 1s mounted a gear 25. These gears 25 are in mesh with each other. In the housing or casing 21 is journaled a driving-shaft 26 upon one end of which is fast a spur-gear meshes with and is driven by the bevelgear 20. Upon each of the shafts 24, 2%, 26, are rigidly mounted teeth 30 which serve to disintegrate and shred the soil which is thrown into the housing or casing 21 by the plow 4 and which thereby loosen or separate the quack grass from the soil.

I claim:

1. In a plow, the combination of a plowframe; a casing carried by said frame; a

plow carried by said frame and arranged to turn the soil into said casing; soil-disintegrating devices mounted in said casing; a bent rock-shaft on which said frame is carried; a wheel in which one end of said rock-shaft is rotatably mounted and is supported; means for swinging said rock-shaft to raise and lower said frame, plow and easing with respect to said wheel; mechanism for actuating said soil-disintegrating devices; and connecting means which connect said mechanism and wheel, whereby said wheel is adapted to drive said mechanism andthereby said soil-disintegrating devices; said connecting means being carried by said frame in line with that portion of said bent rock-shaft upon which said plowframe is carried.

2. In a plow, the combination of a plowframe; a casing carried by said frame; a plow carried by said frame and arranged to turn the soil into saidcasing; a bent rocl shaft on which said frame is carried; a

seams wheel in which one end of said rock-shaft is rotatably mounted and is supported; means for swinging said rock-shaft to raise and lower said frame, plow and casing with respect to said wheel; mechanism for actuating said soil-disintegrating devices; and connecting means which connect said mechanism and wheel, whereby said wheel is adapted to drive said mechanism and there by said soil-disintegrating devices; said connecting means being carried by said frame and that portion of said bent rockshaft upon which said plon frame is carried.

3. In a plow, the combination of a plow frame; a casing which is attached to said frame and which moves up and down therewith; a plow which is attached to said frame and which moves up and down therewith; a bent rock-shaft on which said frame is carried; a wheel in which one end of said rock-shaft is rotatably mounted and is supported; a lever which is carried by said frame and which is connected with said rock-shaft to swing the same and thereby to raise and lower simultaneously said frame, casing and plow with respect to said wheel; mechanism for actuating said soildisintegrating devices; and connecting means which are attached to said f ame and which connect said wheel and mechanism, whereby said wheel is adapted to drive said mechanism and thereby said soil-disintegrating devices.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at said Faribault, this 18th day of March, A. 1)., 1909, in the presence of llll two undersigned witnesses.

JOHN VOEG ELE.

Witnesses .ir. IV. BATCHELDER, (.IJAS. S. Bivrcnlewan. 

